Amonkar Gayathri P, Deshpande Jaya R
TN Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Bombay Central, Mumbai 400 008, India.
Cardiovasc Pathol. 2006 Mar-Apr;15(2):119-20. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.07.004.
Infective endocarditis of the cardiac valves mainly involves the aortic mitral valves and less frequently the tricuspid valve. Isolated pulmonary valve involvement is extremely rare with few cases reported in literature. We present a case of a 34-year-old female who presented with sudden onset breathlessness and cardiac failure. A complete autopsy showed an uncommon congenital bicuspid pulmonary valve, which was also affected by infective endocarditis.
心脏瓣膜的感染性心内膜炎主要累及主动脉瓣和二尖瓣，累及三尖瓣的情况较少见。孤立的肺动脉瓣受累极为罕见，文献报道的病例很少。我们报告一例34岁女性，她因突发呼吸困难和心力衰竭就诊。完整尸检显示一个罕见的先天性二叶式肺动脉瓣，该瓣膜也受到感染性心内膜炎的影响。
